Coloradans were among those trapped for days on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph.

“We have tons of (photos) but limited power to be able to send it,” Shirley Karr of Lakewood said via Twitter from aboard the ship with her husband.

“Conditions are pretty good. … Today they somehow have the toilets working. We are just ready to get off the boat.”

“Carnival has given us a refund and a free cruise (they say). Complete pandemonium at first few days and then it became more organized chaos. Food has been minimal and sanitation horrible. We will do another cruise. The staff has worked very hard — very hard.”

Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill told reporters he was going on to the ship to personally apologize to passengers.

Shirley Karr confirmed on a Facebook message that Cahill apologized over the ship intercom then came to their floor and talked to passengers “for some time.”

“As of now we are not sure when we will be home.” she wrote. “(They have us on a flight to Houston.)”

Cheryl Palmer of Greeley is also on board the cruise ship. She told the Tribune she was on a vacation with girlfriends from high school.

“It’s not what we expected,” she told the newspaper.

Palmer said the cruise company was arranging flights for passenger, and she hoped to arrive back in Greeley today, where her husband,Rick, two brothers, five children and six grandchildren are waiting for her.

The mother of KMGH-Channel 7 reporter Amanda Kost was also on board.

If you know of other passengers and they want to tell their stories, contact The Denver Post at 303-954-1201 or newsroom@denverpost.com.

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